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Urgent: 6.1-magnitude quake hits southern East Pacific Rise -- GFZ

Xinhua
| May 21, 2026
2026-05-21

BEIJING, May 21 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 jolted southern East Pacific Rise at 1743 GMT on Wednesday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 10 km, was initially determined to be at 55.97 degrees south latitude and 122.42 degrees west longitude. Enditem

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